Show Me What Ya Know - Fairgrounds Buildings

1. This building lacks symmetry and was not completed as planned because the money appropriated to build it in 1922 was inadequate. A metal building supported by tapered posts was built on the west end of in the 60s to provide more space.

Horse Barns

Coliseum

Cattle Barns

Swine Pavilion

2. In which building have four presidents spoken - William Howard Taft in 1911, Harry S. Truman in 1955, Ronald Reagan in 1984 and George W. Bush in 2004.

Floriculture Building

Coliseum

Historic Administration Building

Varied Industries Building

3. This building, originally comprised of a dormitory, a ballroom and a day nursery, has been used by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources since the 80s and also houses the Missouri State Fair Museum on the ground floor.

Youth Building

Womans Building

Family Fun Center

Historic Administration Building

4. This building was called the "Palace of Agriculture" when it was built for $22,800 in 1903 and was intended to display farm products. What is this building called now?

Agriculture Building

Mathewson Exhbiition Center

Commercia Building

Mo-Ag Theatre

5. This building was built by the John Deere Plow Company in 1909 for the purpose of displaying farm equipment and wagons. It was used for dog shows in the 20s and then changed to this current use and name in the 30s.

Home Economics Building

Fine Arts Building

Agriculture Building

Poultry/Rabbit Building

6. Which cattle barn is the oldest on the fairgrounds and was built in 1904 to replace barns destroyed in a fire?

Charolais Barn

Hereford Barn

Shorthorn Barn

Guernsey Barn